The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, December 30, 2101
Waxing Gibbous
80.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 73°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
1:31 PM
3:43 AM
73°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 80.7%
- Age
- 10.1 days
- Distance
- 401,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 2214
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Dec 30, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 127.89° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 52.17° |
| Illuminated fraction | 80.67% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -13.9° / 45.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 51m / 21.77° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 46.70° / 5.17° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.62° / -5.90° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 57.30° / -0.87° |
| Position angle of the axis | 343.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 256.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.